The Death Knell

Luthor and his men left quietly, just as they came quietly. He waved his armor and took away a large jar of blood.

Mercy said before that many heroes are in the Hall of Justice, which is not wrong, but in fact the vast majority of people are not above them, but at their feet.

Deeper underground in the Hall of Justice, in the headquarters of the Dark Alliance, everyone is paying attention to Constantine's strange ritual to save Zatanna.

Because after activating the magic circle that no one recognized, even Constantine himself fell into a coma.

The man-bat slapped him hard, but the scumbag still couldn't wake up.

"His soul has left his body, I can feel it." Abi folded his arms and leaned against the wall, explaining patiently to the heroes who came to express condolences: "Everyone, please give him a little space and don't step on the magic circle. Otherwise he might not be able to come back.”

"Maybe not coming back is a good thing."

Raven, who was wearing a purple cloak, complained that she had been betrayed to the Three Palaces before, and her anger was still there.

"Yes, yes." Beast Boy on the side showed a funny smile, stretched his face into the shape of a man-bat, danced and imitated a gorilla to make the raven happy, and said angrily when he saw her without even looking at her. Giving up, he found a place to go down the stairs: "But what are we doing in the basement? It feels weird here, and there's nothing we can do to help."

"You can't say that." The steel-armored girl shrugged. She was the only one doing business. At this time, she was flipping through Xiao Zha's physical examination report and said without raising her head: "At least we can form a cashback here to prevent anyone from doing anything. I want to take the opportunity to attack Zatanna, or at least delay it for a little while. I probably heard Donna say something about the Upside Down, and it is said that it is everywhere."

Gus, who had just recovered from a serious illness, yawned outside the door, turned around and came in and said:

"It's still everywhere. Do you think it's Gotham's Batman? What we should be thinking about now is how to deal with it if it really comes and Donna isn't here. I don't want to spend my life in such a dark place. , I would rather die in the sea."

"That's right. Except for Raven, none of us seem to know enough about magic." Beast Boy became sad again, his green fur face wrinkled up, and suddenly turned into a gecko and climbed up Wall: "Do you think that if I hang upside down from the ceiling, will the Upside Down think I am his brother and not take action against me?"

"If you do that, I guess you will be the first to die." Raven rolled her eyes, she took off her hood and sighed: "I don't understand what you people in the Dark Zhenglian are doing. , where have everyone else gone?"

She said she wanted to curse Zha Kang to death, but she still started to cast spells and added several defensive spells here.

At least whoever wants to prevent someone from accidentally stepping on the magic circle will make Zha Kang's soul 'homeless'.

"The swamp monster is dead, the dead man ran away with his goddess, the fallen witch is receiving treatment in a sanatorium, and Mrs. Bobo and Diana followed the death knell, John and Zuckerberg are here, well, plus me, we are all."

This answer sounds very pessimistic at first glance.

"I don't know when Donna's illness will be cured. If she can come back, our pressure will be much lighter." Gass sighed. The person he trusted the most in the team was the magical girl Donna.

But the Laughing Bat's virus turned her into a monster, how abominable!

After the raven cast the spell, she took a deep breath and pulled up her hood again to cover the red diamond-shaped mark on her forehead. She looked at Zatanna's expression on the hospital bed and shook her head:

"She seems to be in pain. Is she having a nightmare? Ms. Akane, as the spokesperson of the Black Decay, can you see what she is dreaming about?"

Abi shook her head and spread her hands: "I'm sorry, girl, the Kingdom of Fu is a dream, but there is a huge difference between a dream and a dream. She can only rely on herself for everything. Her will must be strong enough to survive in the endless world." Hold on through the nightmare.”

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Zatanna was indeed dreaming, a horrific dream in which she was witnessing her father being tortured in flames.

His soul was like a sausage in a frying pan, floating in the sea of ​​fire. The skin exposed outside the dress was covered with large and small blisters and scorch marks. His shrill screams were horrifying.

She wanted to rescue her father, but the blazing flames prevented her from getting close, and in this weird dream, she couldn't use any magic.

The powerful female mage could only act like a helpless little girl, sitting on the ground and crying: "Dad! Daddy!"

"Go! Get out of here! Ah!!!"

Giovanni Zatara kept struggling in the flames, but kept urging Zatanna to go away, just like when he was burned to death at the table.

Xiao Zha was unmoved. She tentatively stretched out her hand toward the flames, but the sea of ​​​​fire ignited her hand, and the severe pain made her subconsciously shrink back.

She was not willing to give in, and tears of blood flowed from her eyes, shouting: "No! How can I save you? Father, tell me!"

"You can't save me! No one can save me!" The man's face was burned beyond recognition, and the ripe flesh was stuck to his skull. But he tried his best to endure the pain of his soul being burned, and showed a forced smile to his daughter. : "This is fate, this is the price! Everything today is caused by me! Leave quickly, it is coming!"

"Who? Who's coming?"

Zatanna climbed up from the hot white ground and looked around.

"Jiejiejie...of course it's me, the little girl who uses my power, or my true spokesperson?"

A black hole opened in the space above the sea of ​​fire, and a monster with smooth scales slipped out of it. The flames here had no effect on it.

Its head came close to the face of Giovanni who was suffering in the flames, stretched out its long tongue and licked the large crystal blisters that had been burned, and laughed happily.

"ah!"

The former Archmage seemed to feel immense pain and screamed uncontrollably.

"Stop! Get out of my dream! You monster! Don't touch my father!" Zatanna raised her hand to cast a spell, but she still couldn't do it.

He waved his hands as if he was suffering from epilepsy, and whispered the words over and over in his mouth.

Nothing worked, she seemed to have lost control of her dreams.

"Do you still think this is a dream? I'm so disappointed. I thought that since you knew that Hekate had an exclusive dimension, the 'Witch Moon', you would think that I also hid the cards, but it seems like you Unexpectedly, guess what I talked about with the Lord of Order not long ago? Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

"Devil! Die!"

Xiao Zha's face turned red with anger, and she mobilized all her mental power to try to release the magic. However, her skills all came from the reverse magic passed down from her family. Now she is trapped in the magical dimension of the Upside Down. Facing the dimension's How could the master and her source of power still be used?

But she didn't give up. She took off one of her high heels and threw it over, hitting the Upside Down in the face.

"It's useless. It's as futile as a mayfly shaking a tree. I have arranged so many things. I even used the dream-making ability of the Black Decay to bring you into my dream. It's not to torture you or kill you, but to Do you want to negotiate a deal with you? By the way, I learned another thing from Deathstroke, that is, you actually have no choice, Gaga..."

The Upside Down rubbed its hands, and its big mouth full of fangs showed a huge smile. Seeing Zatanna's intention to take off the other shoe, it said again:

"Don't refuse in a hurry. Don't you want to resurrect your father? His soul is here. You are his last hope."